English Composition Courses

English 1010 Rhetoric and Composition I focuses on learning to vary one’s writing style, tone, and form to suit multiple purposes
and audiences, including academic audiences. Because students entering English 1010
should have mastered basic grammar, classroom instruction at the sentence-level focuses
mostly on diction and stylistic matters rather than matters of grammatical correctness,
which is covered largely through one-on-one conferences between students and teachers.
By the end of 1010, students should be able to compose essays that clearly assert
a claim and then support the claim with compelling evidence drawn from personal experience,
one’s reading, and/or library research. (General Education credit)

English 1011 Rhetoric and Composition I with Writing Tutorial is an alternative to English 1010, which covers the same material and includes an
additional 75-minute writing tutorial session. During these session, students meet
with a graduate assistant for additional help on assigned essays or to work on particular
writing skills. (General Education credit)

English 1020 Rhetoric and Composition II focuses on practicing the finer points of written argumentation and writing from
sources. Among other things, students learn how to develop an innovative approach
to an “old” topic, choose appropriate types of appeals, evaluate a source’s credibility,
and cite sources properly. (General Education credit)

English 1610 English as a Foreign Language I (Fall Semesters) focuses on writing problems displayed by students for whom English
is a second language. Such problems may include not organizing ideas or generating
text appropriate to a distinctly American style of essay writing; using modal, helping,
and main verbs incorrectly; not understanding count and non-count nouns; using prepositions
and articles incorrectly. (Enrollment by placement only.)

English 1620 English as a Foreign Language II (Spring Semesters) is a continuation of 1610. This course provides extended practice
for ESL writers who are not yet prepared to be successful in English 1010. (Enrollment
by placement only.)